Van vs Ocean August 23, 2018, 07:30:30 pm Nature always wins...... Just saying.Van stuck and sinking in Oregon surf is 'smaller version of New Carissa,'... 1 Likes
Re: Van vs Ocean Reply #1 – August 24, 2018, 09:07:01 am Oh yes it does. I remember sitting down with my children when they were younger and detailing how man creates all of these wonderful things such as buildings, bridges, vehicles, electronics, etc. that seem quite amazing. Then I told them that every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day, of every year, etc. nature works to reduce these amazing creations back to their most basic elements. Concrete crumbles, steel rusts, the attack is never ending and nature always wins.I watched a video a few months ago showing a young couple from Australia or New Zealand becoming stuck on a remote beach in their Troopy. The tides came and went, the pounding of the waves never ceased, the salt water began to corrode immediately, even the sun was helping to deteriorate. Within a few days their vehicle was almost unrecognizable and this was at a beautiful and serene beach with a blue sky and pretty waves rolling in... 1 Likes
Re: Van vs Ocean Reply #2 – August 24, 2018, 10:42:04 am A winch and a well-placed anchor could have taken care of that in half an hour.Take the spare, attach chain/strap/cable, bury it 6' in the sand upshore as a deadman, and have at it.
Re: Van vs Ocean Reply #3 – August 24, 2018, 11:03:20 am I grew up on the central coast of California; our Saturday entertainments often included a 25 cent double feature (with MovieTone News and cartoons!) at the local flea palace and heading to the beach to watch the tow trucks haul the "sand and tide table un-savvy" folks, usually from the Central Valley, out of the dunes, the beach, and/or the water. The beat goes on.....
Re: Van vs Ocean Reply #4 – August 24, 2018, 11:05:54 am San Diego/Imperial Beach has it's own version of this story this week... except the driver didn't wait around Lifeguards Remove Car in Ocean at Imperial Beach - NBC 7 San Diego
Re: Van vs Ocean Reply #5 – August 24, 2018, 03:22:22 pm People would try to sneak into the 500-car parking lot at Nauset Beach (Atlantic Ocean) in Orleans where I grew up in the mid-60s rather than pay the $3 parking fee. The "road" they thought would lead them to the back of the lot ended up in soft sand and inevitably their car would get stuck (not even 4-wheel drives could make it through unless air was taken out of the tires). When they sheepishly walked back to the town toll booth to see if they could get someone to pull them out, Art Frasier and I think the other was Walt Higgins (two of the town's characters) would be called, and the act would begin. Art would drive the truck to the hopelessly stuck car and the two would get out and walk around it, commenting "Yup, yah really got her in theya good, didn't ya!" "Hm...this is gonna be a tough one." When the tourist would ask how much it would cost, they would tell them it would be $15. Then when the price was agreed upon, Art would look at Walt and ask, "Ya brought ya chain, didn't ya, Walta..." "Yup, got it heah in the back." "Well, let's get to werk." Walt would get the chain and just as he was going to hook it up to the car, would stop and say, "Ok, Aht, how we gonna split the money this time?" "Well," Art would respond, "same as last. You get $7 and I get $8." "No, no, no...I always get the shot end of the money, but not this time," Walt would say, getting agitated. "But I've got the truck, and it takes gas, and..." On and on it would go for three or four minutes, when finally Walt would say, "Listen, without this chain, this cah ain't goin' nowhea, and I've had it," unhook the chain from the truck and start walking off. By that time the tourist would be willing to cough up the extra dollar to make it an even split, but Art would object that it was the principle of the matter and because he had the truck he should always get more than the guy with the chain. A few more minutes of this and they'd had their fun. Walt would hook up the chain, Art would pull them out, and the town would be there to collect the $3 parking fee after all was said and done. True Cape Codders, born and raised. 2 Likes
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